The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-02-12
rne GENERAL. ASSEMBLY.


COLUMBUS, Jan. Qo.-sEvArE-Tne ball pro
viding for the organization OF corporations for
the construction and maintenance OF elevatee
railways and TO regulate the same, was rcad
the second time and referred to the COMMITTEES
on Municipal Corporations. The session to-
day was very short A few unimportant bills
were referred TO committees when an adjourn
ment was taken until Monday.
HOUsE-Not In session.
COLUMBUS Jan. 3f.--SENArB.-Bills intro
deced Authorizing appeals in will cases from
common pleas to circuit courts. Making ap-
proprations TO pay the public debt md interest
on the irreducible debt Of the State,
HoUsE.-Bils introduced: Providing that
women shnli have representation on county
boards OF school examiners; establishing stand
ard as legal time in this state requiring execu-
tors and administrators to mike inventory upon
oath to county auditors, allowing farmers and
nurserymen to catch rabbits with fcrrets; pro-
viding for publishing synopsis Of report OF
examination Of county treasurers; giving labor
ers first lcin for wnges changing the tax lien
from April to the 10Th Of October
COLUMBUS, Feb. L. SENATE. = Bills passed:
Providing for distributing tho roster Of Ohio
soldiers amending the Lucas Courthouse net.
Bills introduced: Authorizing courts OF record :
TO appoint trustees In cascs where unknown or
non.residents are interested increasing the SAL
aries Of judges Of the First Judicial Circuit;
excluding the gallon clause Of the Dow aw.
Reconsideration offered: Relative 70 bet
ter distribution OF the Judiciary. Bills passed.
Allowing probate courts to grant injunctions,
providing penalty for placing distractions on
cable roads; prescribing the manner IN which
girls between nine and fourteen years may be
sent to the Industrial Homo; authorizing coun-
ellis TO condemn property for cemetery purposes.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 2.-SENATE.-Bnls passed:
Providing for printing the marginal notes In the
court reports in nonpareil type; authorizing an
oflcer to take the recognizance Of prisoner
during term time when the court is not In actual
session; making appropriations for the
General Assembly; abolishing the street con-
tract system in tho city OF
Cleveland; authorizing the Governor to
remove members of the board of public affairs
OF Cincinnati for cause. Bills introduced; Pro-
viding for the payment Of the clerks, sergeant
alarms and employees Of tho General Assembly.
Making apprt priation for deficiencies for MEM
bers Of the General Assembly. Locating the
City Farm Of Cleveland In Cuyahoga County.
Amending the law relative TO guardians and ad-
ministrators Of estates. Providing for paying
fees to county treasurers for collecting the Dow
liquor tax.
HousE-Bills passed: Amending the act
relative to reclaimng swamp lands m Van Vert
and Paulding Counties. Increasing the levy for
three.tenths of a mill. Supplementing Section
4s12 relative to the collection Of cnenale road
tax. Making IN appropriation 20 meet def
| ciencies in members pooket-bOoks Mr. Beatty's
House bill authorizing suits for damages 70
| be drought against soloon-keepers without
| requiring the filing Of notice not TO sell to per-
sons in the habit Of be becoming Intoxicated,
| went to the table by adjournment. Bills intro
duced Authorizing the Secretary Of State to
| contract for the publication of reports Of the
| Supreme Court; amending the homestead laws;
| giving the Probate Judge Of Seneca County
| jurisdiction in minor criminal oases.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 4.-SENATB-A resolution
was offered authorizing the Governor 70 appoint
! five commissioners for the Cincinnati Centen-
nial Exposition, to be held in 1883 Bills passed:
| Establishing the weight Of plums at hfty-five
pounds to the bushel; fixing the time exceptions
must be filed ut thirty days after the term at
| which d decision is rendered; compelling coun-
| les having minorties Of National Guard COM
pnnics to contribute to majority counties in
| building armories. Bills introduced: increasing
| the fees Of the sheriff Of Hamilton County;
| eliminating the Attorney General ns o member
| Of the State Board Of Health providing that
| corporations must have timely notice 10 case OF
| Claims against them.
| HousE.-Bills passed: Authorizing County
| Commissioners to levy any amount less than
| threetenths Of mill for the relief OF INDECENT
| soldiers; increasing the terms Of constables to
| three years, and amending the lav 30 that in
| cases of vacancies they shall be filed by ap-
| pointment, II the vacancy occuv within thirty
| days Of election defining who shall be present
| ut executions in the penitcntiary; amending
| Sections 5067 and 62l6 SO as to harmonic with
| the law extending the statutes Of limitation
agsinst married women; amending Sections
| 671S SO as to provide that when person usurps
| or unlawfully holds an ofiice, procured through
fraud or violence, or illegal votes received or
| legal votes rejected sufficient to change the re-
| suit of his election he shall be liable upon his
official bond to the person entitled to the office
| for fees salary and perquisites for the time COW
cred by the illegal holding Of the ONCE. The
| party adjudged to be entitled 10 the office can
bring action under the law within one year for
| the money as stated; providing that when
judges Of election return names for jurors who
are ineligible, the clerk Of the court shall have
| power to return the same for correction. Bills
introduced: Making the State o party In actions
for divorce, and requiring the court to appoint
On attorney to represent the State, at fee OF
twenty-five dollars extending the time
for killing deer month later;
providing for the location Of county bitches be-
tween counties Of this and other Stases: increas-
ing the pay of penitentiary guards from e65 to
o15 per month; requiring guardians TO give addi-
tionol bond when they sell real estate; defining
how executors sales Of real estate shall be con-
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land and Cincinnati registration law to Colum.
bus and Toledo; regulating the control Of booths
and stands about G. A. r. reunions; regulating
contracts between employers and employees, and
protecting the latter in his relation 70 organiza
tions; extending the midnight closing law in
Cincinnati to / a. M; providing for the dispos
ton of unclaimed bodies at the City Hospital
in Cincinnati.
COLUMBUS, Feb. a.. SENArE.-No business o
, importance was transacted in the Senate.
HOUsE-The House was in session this NOR n
ing just four minutes by the watch. The ad
iournment is to Tuesday afternoon ct o'clock
DIR. ROBERT CONWAY, o prominent Day
ton dentist, committed suicide by taking
laudanum.
: A BOOK swindler hos been operating il
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee
claiming to represent the Merchants Lii
brary Association of Chicago, mythica
concern.
THE salary of Sub-Treasurer Sutton, O
Cincinnati, has been reduced from n, 500 Il
$1,000.
SUIT has been filed by the Government
against Freiberg & Workum, Cincinnati
for noncompliance with tho interna
revenue laws.
8 A PETITION will be presented to the Obi